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Should we reconsider having children due to fears about the climate crisis? (www.cnn.com)
submitted 7 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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[–] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 18 points 7 months ago

Yes, let's fully put our individual lives on pause in fear of the future instead of eating the fucking rich, warmongering, polution-driving corpocrats

[–] comfydecal@infosec.pub 16 points 7 months ago

Why do the lower classes need to continue sacrificing? What's brand new jets to new poor person ratio for the climate?

[–] card797@champserver.net 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There's nothing I can do. They live with me.

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 7 points 7 months ago

Alas, my state does not allow 48th trimester abortions.

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for not kicking them out of the house. Living on people's couches isn't the greatest start to life.l, I should know.

[–] card797@champserver.net 3 points 7 months ago

I'll never do that. Not ever.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 14 points 7 months ago

Way ahead of you on that one… too broke to raise kids anyways.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

hell no. still should not have them. (oh wait is it saying the opposite /s)

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't expect any parent to say otherwise.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

Im super glad I went a fifth year and tried phd route for a year in a major that did not make bank. If I graduated and made money right away I might have had kids before realizing. We are talking mid 90's and everything was not sinking in.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

8 billion people on this planet. The odds my offspring will be noticed is so very thin. If you don't know you can help, maybe hang back.

So we didn't, despite reasonable intelligence, good work ethic to pass along, and a dramatically high twinning rate. We'd've had twin ginger girls for sure. You're all lucky, because she brings a lot of brain and drive to the equation, and if all that holds true I see 'supervillains' for sure.

You're welcome, world.

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You're a little late to the party cnn.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

about growing up and thriving in an age of climate fear and hope.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_mortality